Actionary vs Set/Rest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Actionary
Quickly access key health metrics directly from your wrist. This app provides beautifully designed complications and widgets for easy viewing of steps, heart rate, and more. Search for specific metrics with simple text input.
- Check steps, flights climbed, heart rate
- Cardio fitness and recovery tracking
- Customizable complications and widgets
- Quick search by typing keywords
- Supports watch, iPhone, and iPod
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Actionary lets you check health metrics quickly on your wrist. Features: • Check steps, flights climbed, heart rate, cardio fitness and more • Beautifully designed Complications & widgets to match your style • Search quickly by typing fewer characters Search to view: • ‘hr’ → heart rate • ‘rhr’ → resting heart rate • ‘whr’ → walking heart rate • ‘hrv’ → heart rate variability • ‘cf’ → cardio fitness • ‘cr’ → cardio recovery • ’fc’ → flights climbed • ‘st’ → steps
Set/Rest
This app provides a streamlined rest timer for gym workouts, offering visual and audio cues for transitions between sets. Customize rest periods, track progress, and utilize its offline functionality with an interface designed for quick interaction.
- One-tap rest start
- Pause and extend rest
- Visual and audio cues
- Preset and custom durations
- Track completed rests
- Offline functionality
- Portrait and landscape support
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Set/Rest is a focused gym rest timer for stronger, smoother workouts. Start a rest with one tap, pause or extend it when needed, and get clear visual and audio cues when it is time for the next set. Choose a preset or custom rest duration, track completed rests, and keep your session moving with an interface designed for quick glances and easy taps. Set/Rest works offline and supports portrait and landscape layouts, local notifications, accessibility labels, and an optional screen-awake mode. Set/Rest Pro adds the Apple Watch timer, home screen widgets, and an ad-free experience. Restore your purchase anytime across your devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Set/Rest at 5.0 against Actionary's 4.3. Set/Rest also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). Actionary's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Set/Rest sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Actionary asks for nothing beyond the download.
Set/Rest holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively.
Actionary ships an update every 2 months, Set/Rest daily. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Actionary | Set/Rest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nayan Vemula | Shubhranshu Kumar |
Customer experience
Actionary
Set/Rest
In-app purchases
Actionary
No in-app purchases
Set/Rest
- Set/Rest Pro$4.99
